I used to shoot PPC and bull eye, earned my life time PPC master. I wore out my Highway Patrolman, had S&W rebuild my K 38. I heard a lot about the Pythons and tried a few, never found one to shoot to the quality of the S&W's. Did see there were quite a few Pythons with the new guys, but as you moved up in class the Pythons were pretty few and far between in favor of the S&W's.